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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
The law was overturned because of the precendent set in Stenberg v. Carhart that there must always be an exception for the mother's health.
I hope that all of you who don't like abortion also don't like the death penalty.
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The mother's health doesn't enter into the equation.
#1: To do a partial birth abortion, you have to deliver the fetus.
#2: At the age when partial birth abortions become necessary, the baby could survive outside the womb.
Assume those two premises and there is really no situation in which the mother's health would be helped by a partial birth abortion.
However, I do agree that if some hypothetical situation arose in which the mother was in need of such a procedure because of a legitimate threat to her health (although I really can't even imagine a way this procedure would be of any help), then fine.
What I really have a problem with is people who decide to end a pregnancy this late and use this procedure as a convenience.